Tragic fate pursues Isidore Ducasse from his childhood. At the age
of two, he witnesses the suicide of Celestine, his mother, on
Christmas Eve 1847. At the age of eighteen, holding a baccalaureate
and with some of his unfinished Songs in hand he takes on the
pseudonym "Count of Lautreamont" and enters the literary world of
Paris and Brussels. Rejected by publishers, the young writer
abandons his studies and takes on a life of luxury at his father's
expense. The Franco-Prussian War breaks out. Decadence overtakes
his guardian, leaving him practically penniless in South America.
At the age of twenty-four and profoundly depressed at the carnage
of bodies piling up in the streets of Paris, the young writer
ingests a mortal cocktail and picks up his razor, thus fulfilling
his prophecy: "Upon awakening, my razor, opening a pathway across
my neck, will prove that nothing, actually, is more true..."
General
| Imprint: |
Book Surge Publishing Co.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 2009 |
| First published: |
December 2009 |
| Illustrators: |
Alejandro Colucci
|
| Translators: |
John Jensen
|
| Authors: |
Ruy Camara
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
502 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4392-5923-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Romance >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4392-5923-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781439259238 |
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